) offering online shopping in the United States. The Ecommerce site launched around midnight today (8/1), with their official Facebook page announcing "Our US online store is officially open in all 50 states. Great fashion is now just a click away!".
The new online store carries men's,...

Daily Digest 6 January, 2011 by BoF Team BoF Daily Digest | Scents that sold in 2010, Menswear's back, Tumblr at NYFW, Ones to watch at Pitti, Sarah Burton's way Smells like 2010 (NY Times) "It's long been known that December sales of fragrances can make or break the entire year. Indeed, a...

has done for last 45 years."
The Little Season That Could (WSJ) "Resort has gone from mild-mannered and meekly helpful to a seasonal superpower... It's a colorful irony that a season inspired by leisure time has become the hardest-working collection in the business."
A Decade Of Change In...

Online retailers discover the joy of journalism (FT) "‘Mail-out magazines are a great way to create a shop floor for online retailers when they don't have a physical space... Journalists have a different skill set. They know how to engage the readers, and engage communities of...

Tom Ford's Private Spring '11 Show (Grazia Daily) "If there's one man who knows how to tantalize an audience, it's Mr Tom Ford. Because, as a New Year gift, the designer has bestowed upon us super-glossy footage of his highly-secretive, high-security showcase four months after it took...

Cotton prices climbed a record 91% in 2010, and the price of crossbred wool hit a 14-year high in October, up 50% over 15 months... But higher material costs are only part of the story: Increasing demand caused by rising affluence is another."
New Experience Economy to Drive China Luxury in...

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Luxury Brands Hobbled By Poor Management (Jing Daily) "As major luxury brands continue their march into China's second- and third-tier cities in an attempt to tap increasing spending power, many companies are finding their progress in these markets stymied by a management ‘talent...